DVR eases some of that pain. Record what you want, and watch it when you want.

Even better - ditch paying for TV all together and get a Roku (or blue ray/ps/wii/ect that will stream hulu, netflix etc). Roku has apps you can get access to for live sports. Sure you pay for some of these apps but the way I look at it we still pay less than if we were paying for cable.

I'll even be streaming KOH live on Ustream on the Roku/TV versus on my computer. That's pretty neat.